Improvement in washing-machines



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Letters Patent No. 113,254, dated April 4, 187.1.

IMPROVEMENT IN WASHING-MACHINES.

The Schedule referred to -in these Letters Patent and making part of the same.

.'venience', ease of action, and expedition are secured;

and..

It consists in the construction, arrangement, and

`combination of parte hereinafter described and set forth.

Figure 1 represents. a longitudinal vertical section of the machine.

Figure 2 is a verticalV cross-section of iig. l, taken on the line :c at.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

A is the box, which is of rectangular form, and of suitable deptli,.divided intotwo compartments by a slotted partition, B, ot by a partition with openings, to allow the water o1" suds to pass lfrom one compartment to the' other. v

Ineach of the compartments, which are-marked in the drawing Gand D, vertical` ngers E are made to revolve. These fingers-are rigidly attached to tbe horizontallieads F F, which heads are in turn rigidly attached to the verticall shafts/G G. rIhese shafts' pass' through the cover H of the machine, and rest on shoulders on the cleats I I, as seen in the drawing.

J J are cranks onA the upper ends of the shafts, which cranks are connected together. by the bar K.

The power is applied to this bar by means of the handle L, so that the shafts and fingers revolve simultaneously and with a uniform motion.

The har K is connected with another crank, M, which works on a pin on the cleat N.

O isau arm attached to the under side of the bar K. The' end of the crank M is connected with'the arm 0 by a wrist-pin.

The crank M is ofthe samelength or stroke as the cranks J J, and its revolution withthe other crankv serves to steady the motion and render it more uniform.

ing parts of the washer being attached thereto when the cover is raised, the Vfingers are lifted out ot'. their compartments, when the latter are left clear for the introduction of the clothes to be washed or for other purposes.

'On the inside'ot' the compartments are vertical cleats N', more or less in number, attached to the sides and the ends for the purpose of :retarding the motion ofthe clothes as they are revolved by the tingers.

Having thus described my invention,

I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent The box A, divided by partition B, the vertical revolving lingers E, rigidly attached to heads F. F,

and thereby connected to shafts G G, the crank-me-` chanism J K L M N O, andthe hinged cover H, all combined and arranged asand for the purpose specitied.v

GYRUS E. CARTER. Witnesses:

J. B. PUcKnTT, D. C. MOON.

The cover H is hinged at one side, and the operat-` 

